cotton elevator



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elNN. l d COTTON ELEVATOR, CLEANER, AND DISTRIBUTER.

,036. Patented Aug. 6,

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QNo Model!) .l M. M. GINN. COTTON ELEVATOR, GLBANER, AND MSTRIBUTBR. No. 544,036.

Patented Aug. 6

Moses M; 'emm'or'BRENHAiL TEXAS, 'Assienon crous HALF To Jessen l UNIT-EEB, Y STATES Mture-*r einen@ BEAUMIER Annenonen A: SHEPHERD, oss/mm PLACE.

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srEcIFIcA'rIoN formingpm er' .nettes retenant. 544,036, dated August e, ieee. I Application filed Septemlierd, 13945 .Sen'al-NaZLOS. (No model.)

To aZ whom/it may concern:

and Fee,ders;,and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, .and exact descrip `tion of the invention, such as will.v enable others skilled in the art to which it appertain's tomake and use the same. 1 i

Thisinventidn is an improved cotton eleva-v tor, cleaner, and feeder to be used tion with cotton-gine. i' f.

The object of this invention iste prov-ide a simple device by'hieans of which the cotton is withdrawn from a Wagoner storefhouse and subjected toa blast whereby it is thoroughly f dried and cleaned just previous to being fed to the giu. y

The invention consists in theg peculiar-ity of the several parts and their novel combination or arrangement, all of which lwillloe fully described hereinafter and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specitication, Figure 1 is a front view ottwo of my machines connected to act together. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of the machine. Fig. 3 is a view of the machine with the fron-t removed. Fig. 4 is a view7 of the fines and valve. Fig. 5 is a view of the valve, (a fourway one.) Fig. 6 shows the mechanism for operating the same, and Fig? is View of a six-way valve. Fig. 8 is a view of' the Valveactuating mechanism taken from the side opposite to Fig. 6. Fig. 9. is a ldetail sectional view of the doors b and the .means forclos ing the same It will of course be understood that I can use any number of machines together, butin' the present instance I use only two and therefore a fourfway valve. Should three machines be used, then a six-way valve would be necessai-y. The machines are all alike, so a description of one'will suffice for all.

In constructing this machine I employ a suitable case A, which contains the mechanism and-is connected.v at its upper end with 5o a delivery chute or flue B,'which leads .from a wagon or store-house'and feeds cotton to the ,inconnec,

' A "-of cotton, said cage being considerably I v machine; audit will oe notedthat where more Be itnknofwnythat I, MOSEs h/L ,GINN,a,citizen-of 4thelinited States, residing at- Bren-z ham, in uthe cOunty-otJVVashingtQu,State, of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 'Cotton Elevators, Cleaners,-A

:than one machine is used they are all arranged xinseries upon the fine or chute B. `The flue B `is formed with an opening b-.inside the case IAnand at 4each side of saidbpening are hung thedoorsb b', said doors being provided with springhinges,ofr saiddoors may have weighted weightsbeing to drop, whereby said doors close automatically.

'wire-.gauze on all sides tlorthe passage of aimand open at the bottom for thedischarge smaller than the case, so that an airspace or wire-screen drum D and the spiked drum E,' and operating in `conjunction therewith is a leveling-board F, Awhich is hung' about midway it passes from the cage to the picker or spiked drum, the end of said board being provided with anantifriction-roller f. This board is vertically adjustable, and is supported by means of hooks ff, `which hangin notches fz made inthe front edges ot' the end of the case. By this-means the board can be adjusted -to any height desired. Connected with the airspace C and leading from the back of the ma chine is a due G which leads to the exhaustfan, and when more than one machine is used these dues G all meet .in a valve-casing l, which contains a rotary Valve I, which in the present case is a four-way-valve, but for eachv extra' machine increases twoI ways. From this valve-casing the flue to the fan centinued as asingle iiue. This valve is also a balanced valve and is provided with rubber board K, adapted tocatch the dirt that drops rods, as shown at Z, the ltendency'of said t. 'Within the case A isarranged a cage Cof chamber C entirely surrounds said cage."v -In the lower part of the case are -jonrnaled the between .said drums and levels the cotton as between the said drums, but the greater por-y tion of said dirt will be drawn through with the air, which comes in through an opening L in the front of the machines, passes through the screen-drum and out at the back of the machine to the Hue M, which joins the main flue beyond the valve I. This ilue M is provided with a cut-oit slide m, and the fines G are also provided with eut-oit slides g. The mechanism for operating the valve isk shown in Fig. 6, in which-II is the valveeasing and I the valve. Upon one end of the valve-shaft is mounted a gear N, which meshes with a mutilated gear N', carried at'one end of a shaft N2, and at the other end ol said shaft is agear N3, which in turn meshes with a pinion N4, upon a pulley-shaft N5, carrying also a pulley N6, which receives its power from any source. A springN7 holds the gear N in place against movement after it is once adjusted, and the various gears are so cut that the valve is given a quarter-turn at each revolution ot' the mutilated gear. In this manner only one ofthe machines is in connection with the suction-fan at a time. The opening L at the front end of case can be closed by a door O, and

also the opening at the front of the spiked drum. i

In operation the cotton is fed to the cage from the wagon or house by the ilue or chute B, and the cage being; of wire-gauze on all sides the cotton is thoroughly subjected to the action of the air on all sides. If the'cotton is very damp I leave the slide g open all the Way, but should the cotton be quite dry I nearly close the said slide. The cotton is then fed to thescreeirdrum and pickel', Where it is separated, so that the air passing through the machine at; that point can have full force upon it and cleanse it of all the dirt which passes through the screen-drum or falls upon the board K, from which it can be removed whenever desired. 'lhc valve beine; operated intermittently causes all the suction to be applied to one machine at; one time and thus renderthe operation more etl'ieieut. The doors b b close automatically whenever the cage becomes thoroughly empty, so that the exhaust will not be expended upon an empty machine.

It will thus be seen that I provide a simple and eilicient; machine for elevating, separating, and cleaningthe cotton as it comes from the wagon erstere-house and passes to the gin.

Having thus described my inventioinwhat. I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. rPhe combination with a case, of a foraminous cage arranged therein and open atl the top and bottom, the flue G, leading from the case, the screen andpicker within the case and below the cage, the flue M, leading from the bottom of the case, at, the rear of the screen roll and the exhaust connected with b'oth the fines Gand M, substan tially as shown and described.

2. In a niachineof the character described, the combination with the case, of the screen and picker rolls, the said ingL, and fine M, andthe catch boardK, arranged between and below the screen and picker drums, the tine B, leadinginto the case, and the tlue G, leading stantially as shown and described.

3. The combination with the case havinga' cage, the fines G and M leading therefrom, the exhaust, the screen and pickel' drums located in the case and below the cage, the leveler board, and the catch board K, all arranged substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signale re in presenceof two witnesses.

MOSES ill. GINN'. Witnesses:

THOMAS T. Snoronn,

LUTHER B. Srocunninun.

rolls arranged caso having an open` from said case, snb- 

